Early Childhood Education
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Course Introduction
Early Childhood Education focuses on the developmental needs and learning processes of children from birth to age eight. This course explores foundational theories of child development, early learning pedagogies, and the critical role educators play in creating inclusive, nurturing, and stimulating environments. Students will examine the impact of family, culture, and community on early learning and will be introduced to developmentally appropriate practices, curriculum design, assessment strategies, and techniques for fostering cognitive, social, emotional, and physical growth in young children.
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Children and Their Development 6th Edition by
Robert V. Kail
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Chapter 1: The Science of Child Development
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Q1) __________ measures ask children questions about the topic of interest.
A)Naturalistic observation
B)Structured observation
C)Sampling behavior with tasks
D)Self-report
Answer: D
Q2) Yuri is interested in finding out whether exercise affects boys' and girls' performance on a memory task.The dependent variable in this situation is
A)memory performance.
B)the amount of exercise.
C)the age of the children.
D)gender.
Answer: A
Q3) One example of a theory with a learning perspective is
A)Erikson's theory.
B)Bandura's social cognitive theory.
C)Piaget's theory.
D)Freud's theory.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Genetic Bases of Child Development
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Q1) In vitro fertilization involves combining the sperm and egg in a laboratory dish.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Individuals with the sickle-cell allele are more resistant to malaria.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Personality is
A)determined by a single gene.
B)a polygenic trait.
C)determined by the sex chromosomes.
D)not influenced by genetic factors.
Answer: B
Q4) The risk of having a baby with Down syndrome decreases as the mother gets older.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development, Birth and the Newborn
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Q1) Any agent that causes abnormal prenatal development is referred to as a(n) A)teratogen.
B)stress.
C)anoxia.
D)cytomegalovirus.
Answer: A
Q2) The transition phase of Stage 1 of labor is the most painful part of labor.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The age of viability refers to the A)time since conception.
B)age at which a baby is expected to be born.
C)age at which a fetus can hear sounds.
D)age at which a fetus has a chance to survive if born.
Answer: D
Q4) The rooting and sucking reflexes are not necessary for survival.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Growth and Health
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Q1) You have an 11-year-old son and your best friend has a 9-year-old daughter.They have both entered puberty early.How will early maturation psychologically impact her daughter? Will it be the same for your son? What can you tell your friend about the psychological impacts of early maturation?
Q2) Which eight-year-old boy is likely to be the shortest?
A)Tom,who is from the United States
B)Mikio,who is from Japan
C)Arthur,who is from Great Britain
D)Joseph,who is from New Guinea
Q3) Which of the following describes a secular growth trend?
A)Girls begin puberty earlier than boys.
B)Boys eventually grow taller than girls.
C)Boys in the current generation are taller on average than boys from the previous generation.
D)The rate of growth during adolescence is faster than it is during middle childhood.
Q4) People with bulimia may purge food from their bodies by taking laxatives.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the characteristics of malnourishment and how should it be treated?
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Chapter 5: Perceptual and Motor Development
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Q1) Your friends,John and Lisa,are wondering whether their newborn son can feel pain.What can you tell them about infants' ability to feel pain?
A)Infant nervous systems are not sufficiently developed to transmit pain.
B)The skin of infants does not have as many pain receptors as does the skin of adults.
C)Behavior suggests that newborns do not experience pain.
D)Physical development and behavior suggests that newborns are capable of feeling pain.
Q2) Thomas and Alva should begin to be concerned about a possible hearing impairment if their infant son does not begin to imitate speech sounds and simple words by
A)1 month of age.
B)4 months of age.
C)6 months of age.
D)12 months of age.
Q3) Most babies take their first steps at 24 months.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe what is known about how well infants can smell,taste,and feel.
Q5) Discuss what is known about infant visual acuity and color perception.
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Chapter 6: Theories of Cognitive Development
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Q1) According to information-processing,as children grow,they develop better strategies,increased capacity of working memory,and more effective executive function.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Children typically have determined that animate objects are self-propelled,can move in irregular paths,and act to achieve goals by about
A)6 to 8 months of age.
B)12 to 15 months of age.
C)2 to 3 years of age.
D)4 to 5 years of age.
Q3) Which of the following is TRUE concerning infants' naïve theories of physics?
A)Infants do not appear surprised when a tall object is completely hidden when placed behind a Shorter object.
B)Infants expect unsupported objects to fall.
C)Infants assume that objects move in discontinuous,disconnected paths.
D)Infants believe that objects are able to move through other objects.
Q4) Describe the development of object permanence.
Q5) Describe three important characteristics of preoperational thinking.
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Chapter 7: Cognitive Processes and Academic Skills
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Q1) Sentence context is used to help recognize words by A)beginning readers only.
B)skilled readers only.
C)both beginning and skilled readers.
D)neither beginning nor skilled readers.
Q2) Melody has eaten at fast food restaurants many times.She remembers that first you wait in line,then you order your food,pay for it,carry it to a table,eat,and finally,throw away your trash.Melody's knowledge about the events that typically occur when eating at a fast food restaurant is best described as
A)a script.
B)monitoring.
C)rehearsal.
D)working memory.
Q3) A memory structure used to describe the sequence in which events occur is referred to as
A)a script.
B)rehearsal.
C)monitoring.
D)repeated questioning.
Q4) What are some factors that contribute to improved reading comprehension?
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Chapter 8: Intelligence and Individual Differences in Cognition
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Q1) Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences does not address the developmental history of the different intelligences.
A)True B)False
Q2) Compare the advantages of group intelligence tests to those of individual intelligence tests.
Q3) Gifted children need like-minded peers who stimulate their interests.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to the method that Terman used to score the early versions of the Stanford-Binet,a child with a chronological age of 10 years and a mental age of 13 years would have an IQ of A)83.
B)100.
C)113.
D)130.
Q5) The Bayley Scales can be used to detect developmental problems. A)True B)False
Q6) Compare and contrast creativity and intelligence in terms of thinking. Page 10
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Chapter 9: Language and Communication
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Q1) Eighteen-month-old Lenny's vocabulary contains some words that are names for objects,but also has many social phrases such as "I want it" and "Go away." Lenny has a(n)__________ style of learning language.
A)intellectual
B)fast mapping
C)referential
D)expressive
Q2) Calling all four-legged animals doggie is an example of underextension.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Children are most likely to learn new words when they participate in activities that force them to understand the meanings of new words and use those new words.
A)True
B)False
Q4) __________ is/are a system that relates sounds (or gestures)to meaning.
A)Pragmatics
B)Phonology
C)Semantics
D)Language
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Chapter 10: Emotional Development
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Q1) A secure attachment is most likely to occur when
A)parents spend a lot of time with their child.
B)parents respond to their child in an inconsistent manner.
C)babies have a difficult temperament.
D)parents are sensitive and responsive to their baby.
Q2) Sensitive parenting is most strongly associated with what kind of adult attachment representation?
A)resistant
B)secure
C)dismissive
D)preoccupied
Q3) Craig gets very upset when he begins talking about his childhood,which he does quite often,remembering his parents are being unfair and unkind to him.Craig appears to have a(n)__________ attachment representation.
A)dismissive
B)secure
C)preoccupied
D)avoidant
Q4) What are some new ways to regulate emotions that children develop as they get older?
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Chapter 11: Understanding Self and Others
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Q1) Prejudice decreases when children role play being the victims of prejudice.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Juan has very little interest in examining his ethnic roots.Juan is in the __________ phase of achieving an ethnic identity.
A)first
B)second
C)third
D)fourth
Q3) As children move from being preschoolers to becoming adolescents
A)they are less likely to compare themselves to peers.
B)self-esteem becomes more differentiated.
C)self-esteem shows large increases.
D)girls' self-esteem drops more than boys' after the transition to junior high.
Q4) When describing himself,Kento,a Chinese preschooler,is more likely than David,an American preschooler,to say
A)I play with Daisuke at school.
B)I have trucks.
C)I have brown eyes.
D)I like ice cream.
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Chapter 12: Moral Understanding and Behavior
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Q1) According to research,how does the moral reasoning of males and females compare?
A)Males think about moral issues in terms of justice,while females think about moral issues in terms of caring for others.
B)Males emphasize interpersonal relations when using moral reasoning,whereas females are more likely to consider justice.
C)Male moral reasoning tends to be more advanced than female moral reasoning.
D)Males and females do not differ markedly in the bases of their moral reasoning.
Q2) Moral discussions with individuals who reason at higher levels usually improve the reasoning of those who reason at lower levels.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Children are more likely to act altruistically when it entails few or modest sacrifices. A)True
B)False
Q4) Children are more likely to act altruistically when they are in a sad mood.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Gender and Development
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Q1) According to gender-schema theories,children pay more attention to experiences and events that are gender-appropriate.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Most developmentalists today believe that gender differences are __________ Maccoby and Jacklin (1974)suggested.
A)significantly less extensive than B)slightly less extensive than C)as extensive as D)more extensive than
Q3) Television
A)tends to depict males and females in gender-stereotyped ways.
B)does not influence children's gender role stereotypes.
C)often helps children view males and females in less stereotyped ways. D)tends to influence girls' gender-stereotypes more than boys' gender-stereotypes.
Q4) Aggressive behavior has been linked to androgens,hormones secreted by the testes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Family Relationships
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Q1) 94 Which sibling pair is most likely to have a warm,harmonious relationship?
A)Allison and Ashley,whose parents have a "favorite"
B)Ryan and Katie,who are of the opposite sex
C)Beth and Sarah,whose parents have a good quality relationship
D)Jacob and Joshua,who both tend to be emotional
Q2) Heidi lives with her mother,father,sister,and brother.According to Bronfenbrenner's systems theory,Heidi's family is part of her
A)mesosystem
B)macrosystem
C)microsystem
D)exosystem
Q3) 105 Who is most likely to be the target of abuse?
A)a 2-year-old
B)a 7-year-old
C)a 10-year-old
D)a 16-year-old
Q4) Sibling relationships improve as the younger sibling reaches adolescence.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List some common traits associated with firstborn,laterborn,and only children.
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Chapter 15: Influences Beyond the Family
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Q1) 152 The characteristics that are associated with popularity are the same across all cultures.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When children play alone or watch others play it is called
A)nonsocial play.
B)parallel play.
C)onlooker play.
D)associative play.
Q3) 154 Once children are rejected by their peers there is nothing they can do to change that.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Name and describe the characteristics typically associated with successful teachers.
Q5) 71 Peer groups are most likely to exert influence
A)when the appropriate behavior is clear and well-defined.
B)in subjective areas such as preferences in music and clothing.
C)on clearly antisocial behaviors such as stealing.
D)in unambiguous situations.
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